New Patient Registration

You may register as a patient with us if you live within the practice area (G41, G51, G52 and G53 postcodes) and are entitled to NHS services.

All patients will be asked to complete a registration form with details of previous GP and home address. We also ask you to fill in a brief health questionnaire asking for information about previous illnesses, medication, smoking, weight and ethnicity. Both forms can be downloaded from the above “Registering Online” tab.

Each family member must complete a separate form and the person with parental responsibility needs to complete and sign forms for children younger than 16 years. All completed forms should be returned to reception.

Please bring in your passport or other form of photographic ID, national security card and proof of address (e.g. a recent utility bill).

Completed applications take 24 hours to process. Access to practice services can be made after this time. Your previous GP records will normally take up to 8 weeks to be transferred to us.

Guide to GP Services

The Royal College of General Practitioners has produced a useful guide for patients about the services on offer at GP Surgeries and how to access them. You can download the guide below.

When you register with the practice we ask that you fill out a medical questionnaire for each family member including any children along with a registration form. This is because it can take a considerable time for us to receive your medical records.

You may collect these forms from the reception desk.

Alternatively you may print off a registration form and patient questinnaire below, fill them out and bring them with you to the practice.

PLEASE PRINT OFF AND COMPLETE BOTH REGISTRATION FORM AND NEW PATIENT QUESTIONNAIRE

When you attend to register, please bring a form of photo identification such as a passport or driving license, as well as a proof of current address such as a recent utility bill.

Once we have your completed registration form and patient questionnaire it takes 24 hours for your details to be registered on our systems so you will be able to make an appointment from the following day.

These fact sheets have been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. They cover issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.

Special care has been taken to ensure that information is given in clear language, and the content and style has been tested with user groups. Open the leaflets in one of the following languages

Temporary Registration

If you are ill while away from home or if you are not registered with a doctor but need to see one you can receive emergency treatment from the local GP practice for 14 days. After 14 days you will need to register as a temporary or permanent patient.

You can be registered as a temporary patient for up to three months. This will allow you to be on the local practice list and still remain a patient of your permanent GP. After three months you will have to re-register as a temporary patient or permanently register with that practice.

To register as a temporary patient simply contact the local practice you wish to use. Practices do not have to accept you as a temporary patient although they do have an obligation to offer emergency treatment. You cannot register as a temporary patient at a practice in the town or area where you are already registered.